Signing of U.S. - Saudi Memorandum of Understanding on Health Cooperation

Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Abdulla Al Rabeeah, Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The signing took place on the sidelines of the World Health Organization at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland on May 18, 2010.

 

Key Elements

•Highlights our mutual interests in public health.

•First agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia on public health in recent memory

•Focusing on Disease surveillance, especially around the Hadj

•Biomedical / Behavioral Research

•Expanding Training and Capacity Development

•Saudis pledging a strong commitment to help lead the fight to eradicate polio

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